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How to describe drainage features on a map

Answer Text:
Describing Drainage
Identify drainage features present
- Natural drainage features include lakes, rivers, swamps, sea, rapids, waterfalls, cataracts, springs, deltas, fjords, sand or mud, and bays.
-Artificial features include ponds, wells, boreholes, water holes, cattle dips, cattle troughs, canals,
reservoirs, irrigation channels, aqueducts, water treatment plants and manmade lakes.
- Identify main rivers by name
Size of rivers-big or small-shown by thickness of blue lines.
Give the general direction of flow.
Location of water shed if any
Characteristic of each feature